Stage is set for the fifth and final ODI of the bilateral series between India and South Africa at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. With the series evenly poised at 2-2, Sunday’s encounter is expected to be a treat for cricket lovers.

Team India is buoyant after its convincing victory in Chennai in the 4th ODI and will aim at keeping the momentum. The good thing about the home team is that it has found the right batting order and Suresh Raina’s return to form gives the middle order the stability that skipper MS Dhoni has been looking for. It is expected that Dhoni will maintain the same batting order with Virat Kohli at Number 3, Ajinkya Rahane at Number 4, Raine at No 5 and the captain himself at 6.

It is the bowling department that needs to compliment the batsmen. Ravichandran Ashwin’s absence has been somewhat filled by Harbhajan Singh‘s comeback. Bhajji has responded well to the opportunity so far. Axar Patel and Amit Mishra too need to do their bit in the final on Sunday. South African batsmen have looked less comfortable facing Indian spinners in the series barring AB de Villiers. The Proteas skipper averages 129 against Indian spinners as against rest of the team’s average of 25.78.

It is Indian seamers who need to back the spin department. Kagiso Rabada and Morne Morkel have led the South African attack and troubled Indian batsmen with their pace and bounce. Morkel, who has a leg injury, is however doubtful for Sunday’s final. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and company need to perform better than they have done so far in the series. Indian pacers have just taken one wicket with the new ball in the ODI series so far.

The toss is going to be important and the team winning it is expected to bat first. Both India and South Africa have faltered in chasing totals in the series.

It is a clash between the two batting heavyweights and with India not having lost a home series to South Africa yet and with the exuberant Mumbai crowd behind them, it is advantage Team India.

Fiery Australian batsman David Warner was involved in a heated exchange of words with Indian fast bowler Varun Aaron at the ongoing First Test at the Adelaide Oval in Australia.

Varun Aaron bowled Warner on 66 and the dismissal had triggered wild celebrations at the Indian camp led by the fast bowler. But when the umpire checked for a no-ball, video replays showed Varun had overstepped. It was Warner’s turn then to reply to the bowler. Shikhar Dhawan stepped in from mid-on asking Warner to mind his words. Warner was on the other hand joined by Shane Watson who has had a spat with Dhawan in the past too. So the two – Shikhar Dhawan and Shane Watson – exchanged some heated words in the middle of the ground.

The tempers restored ‘normalcy’ of the usual India-Australia encounters that has otherwise so far been missing in the first Test between the two countries. It was Indian skipper Virat Kohli who stepped in to calm things down. Warner listened calmly to Virat Kohli and then the game went on as usual.

David Warner went on to score a century, his second straight hundred in the Test match. Australia were 290 for 5 at stumps n their second inning on Day 4 of the first Test.